Removable coat cuff



May 30, 1933. J. RUSSO REMOVABLE COAT CUFF Filed July 9, 1952 INVENTOR UOSEPHL-RUSSO WHEY on v Patented May 30, 1933 UNITED STATES JOSEPH L. RUSSO, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

, REIwIOVABLE COA'I" CUI EF Application filed July 9, 1932. Serial No. 621,659.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a removable coat cuff.

It is generally considered that ones shirt cuffs should extend slightly from the sleeves of ones coat in order to be well dressed. Quite often a person rolls up his shirt sleeves. In cases like this the hands project directly from the sleeves of ones coat which does not present a good appearance. During the summer months it is very warm to have the sleeves of the coat and the sleeves of the shirt extending down to ones wrists. It is an object of this invention to provide a removable coat cuff which is detachably mounted upon the end of the coat sleeve and so allows a person to have the shirt sleeve rolled up or to have no shirt sleeve at all, and at the same time present a neat and good appearance.

As another object of this invention it is intended to construct the removable coat cuff in a manner so that the attaching means interposed between the cuff and the coat sleeve is shielded against intimate contact with ones skin.

As a further object of this invention it is proposed to so construct the coat cuff that r the shielding of the attachment means takes .7 place whether one is inserting or removing the arm from the coat sleeve.

Furthermore, the invention also proposes the construction of a shirt sleeve in which the cuff is eliminated.

As another object it is proposed to construct an article as mentioned which is simple and durable and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the inven- '50 ble coat cuff according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a developed view of the removable coat cuff, per se. a

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view similar to a portion of Fig. 3 but illustrating a modification of the invention. s

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a shirt 69 sleeve constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 7 is a developed view of the lower portion of the sleeve shown in Fig. 6.

The removable coat cuff according to this invention comprises material 10 in the shape of a cuff and having a small down-turned top edge 11. Stitches 12 at the bend between the top edge 11 and the main portion ofthe cuff serve to normally hold the .bent down edge 11 in said position. At the ends there are several stitches 13 extending transversely on the bent down edge 11 and partially across the width so as to supplement the holding of the bent down edge in'proper position. V

A means is provided for securing the cuff upon the sleeve of a coat and comprises a plurality of buttonholes 14 located in the cud material 10 immediately behind the bent down edge 11. A plurality of buttons 15 are secured within a sleeve 16 of a coat and are adapted to engage the buttonholes 14 for holding the end in position. Buttonholes 17 are formed in the ends of the cufl' material 10 for the reception of cuff-buttons or lace, indicated in Fig. 1 by reference numeral 18.

In Fig; 1 the cuff is shown engaged in place upon the coat sleeve 16. It should be noticed that from the exterior it is impossible to detect that the coat cuffs are artificial and not from ones shirt. This allows the real sleeves to be rolled up or to be short. The coat ends are removable from the coat sleeve so that they may be washed and replaced as needed.

In Figs. 4 and 5, a modification of the invention has been disclosed in which the lower edge 19 of the bent portion 11 is inserted through a slit 20 formed in the outer layer 21 of the cuff material 10 which is composed of two layers of material. Buttons 15 which are secured on the sleeve 16 of the coat, extend through both layers of the cuff material by engaging in buttonholes 14 formed through both layers of the cuff material. Located within the cuff material 10 and particularly upon one of the layers there is a plurality of pointed prongs 22 adapted to engage the inserted edge 19 and hold the bent portion 11 firmly in place. The advantage of securing the edge 19 within the layers of the cuff material is that regardless whether ones hand is inserted or withdrawn from the coat sleeve it will be impossible to engage against the buttons 15 so as to cause annoyance or discomfort. In other respects the cuff is indentical to the preferred form previously described. In-Figs. 6 and 7, a detail has been shown of the sleeve. Since the sleeve now need not have any cufl' an arrangement is made whereby a tab 23 projects from one side of a slit 24 formed in from the end ofthe sleeve and is connectable with the other side of the slit for the purpose of holding the slit closed. In detail the tab 23 is formed with buttonholes 24 engageable with buttons 26 on the other side of the slit 24. This construction forms a nice finish for the ends of the shirt sleeve without the conventional cuff, which is much more expensive to manufacture.

WVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. A removable coat cuff, comprising material shaped into a cuff and having a downturned top edge, and attachment means for securing said cufi within a coat sleeve and adapted to be shielded beneath said downturned top edge, said cuff material being of two layers, and the bottom edge of said'downturned top edge being inserted between said layers.

2. A removable coat cufif, comprising material shaped into a cuff and having a downturned top edge, and attachment means for securing said cuff within a coat sleeve and adapted to be shielded beneath said downturned top edge, said cuff material being of two layers, the inner layer being formed with a transverse slit, and the bottom edge of said down-turned top edge being engaged through said slit.

3. A removable coat cuff, comprising material shaped into a end and having a clownturned top edge, and attachment means for securing said cuff within a coat sleeve and adapted to be shielded beneath said down turned top edge, said cuff material being of two layers, the inner layer being formed wlth a transverse slit, and the bottom edge of said down-turned top edge being engaged through said slit, and means between said layers for detachably holding the edge of said downturned top edge.

4. A removable coat cuff, comprising material shaped into a cuff and having a clownturned top edge, and attachment means for securing said cuff within a coat sleeve and adapted to be shielded beneath said downturned top edge, said cuff material being of two layers, the inner layer being formed with a transverse slit, and the bottom edge of said down-turned top edge being engaged through said slit, and means between said layers for detachably holding the edge of said down-turned top edge, comprising pomted prongs mounted upon the cuff materlal and engageable with the edge of said down-turned top edge.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

JOSEPH L. RUSSO. 

